Pyogenic lung abscess in an infectious disease unit: a 20-year retrospective study.

Thomas MaitreVichita OkRuxandra CalinLudovic LasselAna CanestriMichel DenisMohammed HamidiSebastian TavolaroCharlotte VerdetAntoine ParrotJacques CadranelGilles Pialoux

Published in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2022)

A duration of antibiotic treatment of less than 6 weeks and bronchogenic presentation were globally associated with poor outcome of pyogenic lung abscesses. These data should be considered when proposing guidelines for the care of pyogenic lung abscesses.The reviews of this paper are available via the supplemental material section.

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